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Systematic Review: Family Resilience After Pediatric Cancer Diagnosis: Figure 1.

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Van Schoors, Marieke, Caes, Line, Verhofstadt, Lesley L., Goubert, Liesbet, Alderfer, Melissa A.·2015·Journal of Pediatric Psychology
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OBJECTIVES: A systematic review was conducted to (1) investigate family resilience in the context of pediatric cancer, and (2) examine theoretical, methodological, and statistical issues in this literature. Family resilience was operationalized as competent family functioning after exposure to a significant risk. METHODS: Following guidelines for systematic reviews, searches were performed using Web of Science, Pubmed, Cochrane, PsycInfo, and Embase. After screening 5,563 articles, 85 fulfilled inclusion criteria and were extracted for review. RESULTS: Findings indicated that most families are resilient, adapting well to the crisis of cancer diagnosis. However, a subset still experiences difficulties. Methodological issues in the current literature hamper strong nuanced conclusions. CONCLUSIONS: We suggest future research with a greater focus on family resilience and factors predicting it, based on available theory, and conducted with attention toward unit of measurement and use of appropriate statistical analyses. Improvements in research are needed to best inform family-based clinical efforts.

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  • Childhood cancer patients and their families frequently experience decreases in psychological well-being.

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    The Abstract reports emotional distress in parents after diagnosis, and the General Family Functioning section describes disruption during treatment. But the review says children with cancer typically show no greater psychological dysfunction than population norms and most families function within normal limits. It therefore does not support the broad claim that patients and families frequently experience decreases in psychological well-being. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Van Schoors, M., Caes, L., Verhofstadt, L. L., Goubert, L., & Alderfer, M. A.
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  • Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway (IE)
  • Ghent University (BE)
  • Thomas Jefferson University (US)
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Journal of Pediatric Psychology
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2015-06-19
Volume
40
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9
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856-868
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  • 0146-8693 (ISSN-L)
  • 1465-735X
DOI
10.1093/jpepsy/jsv055
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8
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2026: 15 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 1
FWCI
1.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Pediatric Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Stirling Online Research Repository (University of Stirling) (publishedVersion)
  • ARAN (University of Galway Research Repository) (Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
  • Stirling Online Research Repository (University of Stirling) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
  • University of Galway Research Repository (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Research Repository UCD (University College Dublin) (cc-by-nc)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Family Support in Illness
Keywords
family resilience, childhood cancer, family functioning, cancer diagnosis, family adjustment, risk exposure, predictors of resilience
MeSH terms
Child, Family, Family Relations, Humans, Neoplasms, Resilience, Psychological

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